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US 4,348,194 AGranted
Cowl for an outboard motor
AssigneeBrunswick Corporation
InventorJames R. Walsh
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Abstract
A cowl for the power head (11) of an outboard motor (10) includes two bottom cowl members (14, 15) attached together by screws which also mount a latch bracket (26) and a hinge member (25). The latch bracket (26) supports a latch mechanism which, with the hinge member (25) serves to hold a top cowl member (13) in place.
Claims8
An outboard motor including:
- (A) a drive shaft housing;
- (B) an engine supported on said drive shaft housing;
- and
- (C) a cowl assembly surrounding said engine, said cowl assembly comprising:
- (1) a first bottom cowl member,
- (2) a second bottom cowl member, said bottom cowl members fitting together around said drive shaft housing below said engine,
- (3) a top cowl member joined with said bottom cowl members to enclose said engine, and
- (4) a latch means to hold said cowl members together, said latch means comprising a bracket attached to both of said bottom cowl members.
5 more elements
An outboard motor including:
- (A) a drive shaft housing having a flange around its upper periphery;
- (B) an engine supported on said drive shaft housing;
- and
- (C) a cowl assembly surrounding said engine, said cowl assembly comprising:
- (1) a first bottom cowl member,
- (2) a second bottom cowl member, said bottom cowl members fitting together around said drive shaft housing below said engine to be supported by said flange, and
- (3) a top cowl member joined with said bottom cowl members to enclose said engine.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.